Extra Language Resources

Speech, Language and Literacy Resources

Designed by Speech Pathologists Intended for clinicians, teachers and parents Encourages spontaneous, interactive sessions Interactive web-based activities - free home practice
For children and adults with speech and language disorders, delayed learning and reading support needs		More than 10,500 activities All ready to use . . . No preparation!
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eLr covers more than 900 separate speech, language and literacy targets. These materials are designed to assist with the remediation of a wide range of speech and language disorders such as phonological impairment, apraxia, aphasia and reading and spelling problems.

Overview

Background

eLr is the culmination of our efforts to provide Speech Pathologists, teachers and clients with easily available, high quality, speech, language and literacy resources. Its Internet base enables the materials to be used from any location, and also allows clinicians to efficiently provide clients with home practice activities, and school based programs.

What is eLr?

eLr is a comprehensive collection of thousands of on-screen, targeted, therapy activities in the areas of phonology, phonemic awareness, reading and spelling, semantics, sentence processing and using language. The activities are designed to be used as the basis of an interactive session with client and clinician or helper. Each task is flexible in its delivery style, and the huge range of tasks means that there are activities appropriate to clients with developmental or acquired language disorders (paediatric & adult). Currently there is no sound or speech associated with the tasks, as the helper provides reinforcement appropriate to the client needs and cultural style.

How do I use eLr?

eLr is subscription based. This method allows for the continual expansion of the resource, as new materials are added each month. It also means that the web site can remain dynamic, providing clinicians and clients with a well serviced resource set. Each month a newsletter is sent by email to all subscribers (and other interested people), informing them of new tasks and changes to the site. With each subscription two forms of eLr access are automatically provided:

Registered access to the eLr Internet site enables clinicians to use the resource from any location (eg clinics, schools, home visits).
eLr-Offline is a CD based "compiled, mirror version" of the eLr website, which enables subscribers to have access when/where the Internet is not available. It may be run directly from the CD, or installed on a laptop, desktop, or networked computer. A new edition of eLr-Offline is generated each month, and a free updated replacement CD is sent to subscribers each 6 months. If you wish more frequent updates, you may update your eLr-Offline installation directly from the website each month, so that the materials are as current as the Internet version.

Providing Home Practice Activities

Subscribers are also automatically able to provide their clients (families, schools etc) with free "Guest" access to eLr. Program Goals sheets assist in delivering appropriate tasks, goals and instructions to clients (refer to the support area for blank forms). There are 2 mechanisms for "Guest" access:

Guest access to the eLr Internet site enables clients of subscribers to use the resource from any location (eg schools, home etc).
eLr-Guest is a special version of eLr-Offline which is designed to be used by clients who have difficulty accessing the Internet as a "Guest" user. A current CD is only available from a registered eLr subscriber eg your speech pathologist, school etc

Supporting Documents

The Support area also contains documents and information for reference and use within therapy. To document progress and results of therapy sessions, "Session Record" sheets are available. The Getting the Most out of eLr Sessions sheet explains the nature of the tasks, and hints about ways to expand on each task using non-computer activities. There is a section on Frequently Asked Questions relating to technical issues. The "eLr Prac Notes" gives outlines of various speech, language and literacy disorders, and highlights eLr sections which would be useful to develop skills in those specific areas. An "eLr Printable Directory" allows the user to print the main headings of the Directory, or in the case of subscribers, the entire classification and listing of tasks (currently about 130 pages).

Feedback to the developers

ELR Software Pty Ltd combines the skills of speech pathologists and computer consultant, and we are always happy for subscribers and visitors, to provide feedback and suggestions. Our aim is to continue to develop a flexible set of resources and activities, which meets the needs of busy clinicians and families, and people who work with clients who have speech language or literacy difficulties.

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